Tag Archive: sustainability

World Economic Forum January 21 – 24, 2015 Davos, Switzerland “There are many people in the world for which their first Smartphone is the greatest gift in their life, besides another child.” ~ Eric Schmidt, Google “The internet is the greatest empowerment of citizens against a government that we have ever seen.” ~ Eric Schmidt, …

TED2014: The Next Chapter March 17-21, 2014 Vancouver, Canada (In life) “We call it finding meaning, but we should call it forging meaning.” ~ Andrew Solomon, Writer “It’s great to let go as you get older, I should have done it much sooner.” ~ Isabel Allende, Novelist “If the most wealthy give to the least …

TED2014: The Next Chapter March 17-21, 2014 Vancouver, Canada “In the astronaut business, there’s no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.” ~ Chris Hadfield, Canadian Astronaut “We live in the post-sampling era. We take things we love and build on them. It’s a chance to be part of the evolution.” ~ Mark …

Wisdom 2.0 Conference February 21-24, 2013 San Francisco, California Part 3 “I think we sense that we have touched on something (tech) that has gotten us in over our heads.” ~ Sherry Turkle, Author Alone Together “Technology doesn’t just change what we do—it changes who we are.” ~ Sherry Turkle, Author Alone Together “If we don’t teach our children …

A hopeful sign: "The book Natural Capitalism is doing better now than it was ten years ago. The literacy is incredible now in terms of sustainability." ~ Paul Hawken, Author "Our society has moved beyond a fearful funk. Our psychology has shifted."~ Amory Lovins, RMI "The story of stuff is changing to distribution, invention and …